Cate Blanchett—native Aussie and VF’s latest cover star—covers the lingo you need to know, from a passionate kiss to “the real game of football.”
, the two-time Oscar winner gamely breaks down key lingo. Some are rather easy to explain: “oldies” are your folks, “dunny” is the toilet, and “dinky-di” stands for ingenuity. But Blanchett is “a real ripper” at colorfully describing other phrases:“Rort” is something that’s fraudulent, or as Blanchett says: “basically what all the corporations in America are doing right now.”
“Pash” means a passionate kiss or “tonguie,” as Blanchett explains: “When you really get in there with a big ol’ smooch that often ends up in a love bite.” And “shonky” is something that’s “so badly made, like most of the films that I’ve been in” the actor says, before cheekily promoting her latest project. “Except forWho better to teach the ways of the Aussies than one of its national treasures? As, “She has that Australian thing that’s just like, get in the trenches, do the work, don’t make it hard for anyone else. We don’t really let each other get too full of ourselves. It’s part of the national psyche.
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